MLB Trade Rumors: The Texas Rangers are quite a ways back in the playoff hunt, and with the trade deadline just over three weeks away, it isn’t surprising that there would be talk about the team possibly dealing players who are free-agents-to-be. Yes, the Rangers are the defending World Champs, and they came into 2025 in win-now mode, but at six back in the A.L. West and 7.5 back for Wild Card 3, the front office wouldn’t be doing their job if they weren’t looking at possible options should they decide they are too far out of the race at the end of July.